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Football: Ceres Negros nears AFC Champions League berth

Santino Honasan, ABS-CBN Sports
Posted at Jan 22 01:10 AM

The Busmen moved a step closer to the 2020 AFC Champions League after a 1-0 win over Thailand's Port FC in their preliminary Round 2 match in Bangkok on Tuesday. Read more »

Asian Cup: Qatar stuns Japan to win title for first time

Reuters
Posted at Feb 02 12:57 AM

Almoez Ali scored a spectacular overhead kick to set Qatar on their way to a first Asian Cup title with a stunning 3-1 win over four-times winner Japan Friday. Read more »

Asian Cup: UAE protest at eligibility of Qataris dismissed on day of final

Reuters
Posted at Feb 01 08:42 PM

The protest comes against a background of a political and economic boycott of Qatar which the UAE launched with three other countries in 2017. Read more »

Football: World Cup and team to match? Qatar get it right on the pitch

Talek Harris, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 31 05:51 PM

Qatar's transformation from also-rans to Asian Cup finalists was meticulously planned and has been years in the making. Read more »

Asian Cup: UAE protests over Qatari players' eligibility

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 31 05:44 PM

Asian Cup hosts the UAE have lodged a protest over the eligibility of two Qatari players, the Asian Football Confederation said on Thursday. Read more »

Asian Cup: Qatar thrash UAE amid ugly scenes to reach final

Alastair Himmer, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 30 01:19 AM

Qatar punished United Arab Emirates 4-0 in a politically charged clash marred by disgraceful crowd behavior on Tuesday to reach their first Asian Cup final. Read more »

Shocker in UAE, as hosts eliminate Asian Cup holders Australia

Reuters
Posted at Jan 26 04:28 AM

Australia's defense of the Asian Cup ended in disappointment in the quarterfinals on Friday when an Ali Mabkhout goal gave the UAE a 1-0 win. Read more »

Asian Cup: Qatar stun South Korea to reach semifinals

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 25 11:23 PM

Abdelaziz Hatim fired a late winner as Qatar stunned title-chasing South Korea 1-0 to reach the Asian Cup semi-finals for the first time on Friday. Read more »

Asian Cup: Japan's historic VAR penalty sinks Vietnam

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 24 11:45 PM

Ritsu Doan scored the Asian Cup's first penalty awarded through the video assistant referee (VAR) as Japan beat Vietnam 1-0 to reach the semifinals Thursday. Read more »

Asian Cup: ‘We belong in Asia’, insist Aussies before UAE quarterfinal

Talek Harris, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 24 11:30 PM

Pockets of dissent still remain over Australia's 2006 shift from Oceania to the Asian confederation. Read more »

Empty seats dampen Asian Cup atmosphere

Alastair Himmer, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 23 07:31 PM

Football managers used to screaming themselves hoarse during games are finding little need to reach for a post-match lozenge at the 2019 Asian Cup. Read more »

Asian Cup: Extra-time winner takes Koreans past Bahrain

Reuters
Posted at Jan 23 01:56 AM

Kim Jin-su's extra-time header took South Korea past Bahrain and into the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup on Tuesday as Paulo Bento's side sealed a 2-1 win. Read more »

Big guns primed as business end of Asian Cup gets underway

Nick Mulvenney, Reuters
Posted at Jan 20 12:24 AM

The tournament gets going in earnest on Sunday with the first of the sudden-death round of 16 ties. Read more »

2019 Asian Cup: Tsukasa Shiotani fires Japan past Uzbeks; Qatar downs Saudis

Talek Harris, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 18 03:28 AM

Tsukasa Shiotani's winner kept Japan on top of their Asian Cup group, while Oman scrambled into the knockouts in a pulsating finish to the tournament's first stage. Read more »

'Proud' Son Heung-min sparks Koreans to Asian Cup win over China

Alastair Himmer, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 17 01:59 AM

An effervescent Son Heung-min inspired title-chasing South Korea to a comfortable 2-0 win over China on Wednesday to finish top of their group. Read more »

Azkals fall to Kyrgyzstan, bow out of 2019 Asian Cup

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 17 01:01 AM

The Philippines lost to Kazakhstan 3-1 on Wednesday, eliminating the Azkals in the group stage of the 2019 Asian Cup. Read more »

2019 Asian Cup: Azkals’ Sven not expecting easy match vs Kyrgyzstan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 09:48 AM

The Azkals play Kyrgyzstan in Dubai on Wednesday, in both sides’ final group-stage assignment. Kickoff is at 9:30 p.m., Manila time. Read more »

‘Now is the time’ to make football more popular in Philippines, says coach Sven

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 01:01 AM

Azkals head coach Sven-Goran Eriksson knows these past few months is a perfect jump-off point to kick football’s national profile up a notch. Read more »

2019 Asian Cup: Late winner as Aussies down Syria to go through

Talek Harris, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 16 12:03 AM

Tom Rogic's injury-time thunderbolt settled an Asian Cup thriller Tuesday, as Australia beat Syria 3-2 to reach the last 16 and knock out their war-torn rivals. Read more »

2019 Asian Cup: Land of smiles, as Thais go from rabble to round of 16

Talek Harris, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 15 07:55 PM

Thailand looked in disarray when they sacked their coach one game into the Asian Cup, but the War Elephants are now dreaming of greater things. Read more »